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Dr Ben Spencer vs Peter Kyle

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Dr Ben Spencer and Peter Kyle voted the same way 5% of the time, based on 805 shared comparable votes.

39 same votes 766 different votes 805 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
13 Aye 9 No
Democracy / Parliament 5% aligned 22 shared votes
8 Aye 14 No
4 Aye 20 No
Energy 4% aligned 24 shared votes
21 Aye 3 No
14 Aye 11 No
Environment / Climate 4% aligned 25 shared votes
12 Aye 13 No
13 Aye 14 No
NHS / Health 4% aligned 27 shared votes
15 Aye 12 No
78 Aye 24 No
Migration 3% aligned 102 shared votes
21 Aye 81 No
Most different by topic
21 Aye 24 No
Brexit / EU 0% aligned 45 shared votes
24 Aye 21 No
17 Aye 25 No
Foreign Affairs 0% aligned 42 shared votes
25 Aye 17 No
11 Aye 25 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 36 shared votes
25 Aye 11 No
11 Aye 23 No
Defence 0% aligned 34 shared votes
23 Aye 11 No
20 Aye 14 No
Trade 0% aligned 34 shared votes
14 Aye 20 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

82.1%
10% above average
Rank 155 of 649
Participation
62.7%
10% below average
Rank 547 of 649
1,362
1,658 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,489
2,376 eligible divisions
655
48.1% of votes cast
Aye votes
850
57.1% of votes cast
707
51.9% of votes cast
No votes
639
42.9% of votes cast
13
1.0% of votes cast
Against party
6
0.4% of votes cast
6 years, 9 months
Since 12 Dec 2019
Commons service
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

107
+24.7 vs Commons average
Rank 143 of 649
Appearances
44
-38.3 vs Commons average
Rank 483 of 649
220
+76.5 vs Commons average
Rank 112 of 649
Contributions
229
+85.5 vs Commons average
Rank 99 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£1,246,190
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£2,110,937
all imported IPSA years
£263,058
16% above average
Latest expenses
£262,107
16% above average
5
3 registered categories
Registered interests
3
2 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
4
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Foreign Affairs
48 of 50 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
60 of 69 votes
Trade
50 of 53 votes
#2
Brexit / EU
182 of 211 votes
Brexit / EU
59 of 63 votes
#3
Trade
70 of 91 votes
Migration
141 of 154 votes
#4
NHS / Health
40 of 56 votes
Environment / Climate
40 of 44 votes
#5
Migration
122 of 171 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Where they voted the same
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API